Reenforced armhole construction for garments of light-weight materials



'July 23, 1929. M. BLICHER 1,721,851

REENFORCED ARMHOLE CONSTRUCTION FOR GARMENTS OF LIGHT WEIGHT MATERIALS Filed Feb. 29, 1928 INVENTOR BY W -La ATTORNEY,

Patented July 23, 1929.

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MAC IBLIGHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Application filed February 29, 1928.

This invention relates to the arm hole construction for garments and particularly for coats of the style worn by men, the invention having for its object to provide a means of reenforcing the materials at the arm hole to increase the life of the coat.

Mens coats and especially those made up of more or less light weight materials, e. g. mohairs, pongee, etc., and intended for use as oifice coats, are manufactured without linings, and as a consequence they are extremely frail for any part of a garment where great wear and strain are exerted by the wearer. It follows that the material adjacent the arm holes are the specific parts in the garment where the greatest strains are brought to bear and to increase the resistance of the materials of these parts, I contemplate the use of reenforcing elements which may be built into the garments without increasing the cost of manufacture to any appreciable extent, and which will greatly increase the life of the coat.

One embodiment of my invention is illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coat embodying the lnvention; 1 1g.

' 2 is a transverse sectional view of the materials at the armhole and taken on lines 2--2 of Figure 1; and Figure 3 is a plan view of one side of the body section showing the reenforcing material in position at the arm hole.

Referring to the drawings, the body of the coat comprises the back section 11 and the front sections. Ordinarily the edges of the material at the arm hole openings are secured to the inner ends of sleeve sections 13, but according to the present invention, reference being had particularly to Figure 3, the marginal portion of each arm hole of the body, section 10 is provided with a reenforcing strip 14, which consists of a strip of bias lining placed over the pattern on its inner face so as to follow closely the contour of the arm opening. The strip 14 is turned under at its inside edge and a row of stitching 15 run through the double thickness of the strip 14: and adjacent portion of the coat material. Thereafter the edges of the sleeve 13 body section 10 at the arm hole and free edge of the Serial No. 257,846.

strip 14 are all made to coincide. The body section 10 and strip 14 are then turned back upon themselves at the outside of the garment and a row of stitching 16is run through the doubled over body section 10, strip 14: and underlying material of the sleeve 13, along a line adjacent the fold. The arrangement just described forms what is ordinarily known as a tailored seam. t will be clear from the illustration in Figure 2 that the material of the garment including the body section 10, sleeve 18 and reenforcing strip 14 present raw edges at the arm hole and in order to finish the edge a binding tape 17 is used, the tape 17 being turned under along its opposite sides and then placed over the said raw edges.

The opposite turned in sides of this tape are folded down on the reenforcing strip 14; on

one side and on the face of the sleeve 13 on the other sides and finally a row of stitching 18 is run through the tape 17 and sleeve 13, body section 10 and reenforcing strip 14.

lVhile I have illustrated the invention applied to a mans coat, the reenforcing element is also applicable to womens wear, when it is desirable to reenforce the materials in the region of the arm holes.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A garment of the character described, comprising a body section and sleeve sections with their unfolded raw edges arranged together at the armholes of the said body section, a strip of reenforcing material disposed marginally about the armhole opening in the body section and having one of its edges coinciding with the adjacent raw edges of the body and sleeve-sections, the body section and reenforcing material being folded on the sleeve section beyond the arm holes and a line of stitching running through the sleeve and along the fold of the body and ree-nforcing material, a second line of stitching running along the other edge of the reenforcing material and through the underlying portion of the body section, and the binding tape embracing the raw edges of the body and sleeve sections and reenforcing strip.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

MAC BLICHER. 

